The Kenton County attorney said he wants to be appointed as special attorney general to remove a Covington city commissioner from office.

County Attorney Garry Edmondson sought court records from the U.S. Army to show that City Commissioner Michelle Williams had been charged with a felony, which he said should bar her from serving elected office.

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Williams was elected in November, and Edmondson opened an investigation into her record in June after determining that she'd been convicted of at least three Class A misdemeanors and one Class B misdemeanors.

Kentucky law prohibits anyone with prior convictions for felonies or high misdemeanors from holding elected office.

Edmondson said his investigation showed Williams was convicted of possession of drug paraphernalia in 2010, theft in 2008 and fourth-degree assault in 2008. She was also convicted of disorderly conduct in 2009.

But Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway said last week that Williams should remain in office because the offenses were not felonies.

The Kenton County sheriff's department found that Williams had been found guilty of conspiracy to commit larceny, opening, secreting and stealing mail while serving in the U.S. Army and received a bad conduct discharge.

"Certainly stealing mail is a felony and further requires her ouster and further demonstrates that she is and was always a usurper of the office," Edmondson said in a statement.

Edmondson said his office was prepared to accept appointment as special attorney general to remove Williams if Conway continued to be reluctant to do so.